Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-20
Aaalg ress ana AakptAias
AMERICAN EMlGRANTS.
Experiences of am American
Go Ony In Mexico.
Really Rough Time Of it---A Land
Barreh Of Milk and Honey.

DENVER, Colo, July 19.-William
Young who has jrst returned from the
Sinaloa colony, in Old Mexico. tells a
queer story OF the trials and sufferings Of
the $50 10 400 Americans WHO were lured
70 che land Of cactus last year by A x.
Owens=apd others, who promised the
subscribers 10 the scheme a regular Gar
den Of Eden In the community which
they projected. Owens was IN engineer
Of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad,
who got q Mexican grant of land near the
mouth OF the Gulf OF California, and con-
ceiyed the idea that it would be n good
thing to locate . communistic town there.
a company WAS organized In New Jer-
sey, and extensive advertising was done.
About 100 families took stock, and the
result WIS that last January nearly 400
persons, representing various states in
the union, left Denver for Pacific City,
as the spot was called ON which the col.
pEists were to locate. They paid $25. 25
for each person, II contributed q GER
balm amount for grub. Their route was
by rail to Guyanias, and thence across to-
Plobambo bay to Pacific City. At the
latter place--a sandy stretch OF country
strewn with rock and caetus-twehty-
five colonists, who had preceded the large
body, received them with q brass band
and kindly greeting. The brass band
wns organized by q Mr.. Stanly, who was
a musician from California.
There was no town at Pacific City and
no premise OF one. Ten directors we're
elected, and men were put to work.
Script was to pc issued, but. none was
forthcoming. This work was. maid for
with rraSif yrroy.tyc aorb 4. .tfr .n..u....A.
ing VII, and three of them being given FOR
q day b work. Tho work consisted in.
removing houlders from the town site.
and few men built q road to an hstn-
ary. a cemmissary store, at which
colonists could get beans, meat and cof-
Tee on credit, was the only source Of food.
Occasionally an antelope Was killed, or q
cactts.fed COW bought from the Next
cans, Rnd then tho colony had fresh
meat. One house was built, d ~rectangu-
lar structure made OF sonso stone and
mud, and In this way i've families, COM
prising 20 persons, lire. All the others
live In tents.
The cclonists had been In their Eden
only two weeks when smallpox rushed
In upon then. They say the Mexicans
regard smallpox as lightly az sore throat.
II ragas apaeng them the whole year,
l&uAu 80 0HSEy III Ina nQTnn runn
taken down. and the nearest annrasch -
q doctor. In he colony was = dr., ar,st
from California who helned tha ais.nss
alonp by sendina fo1ks Ia tbasbnsni.S1
who thsro caurh Inc inf.ction Eiwa
died. and It VS. n mtracIast bat III Ala
not perish. The heat durinr ths wir4sr
was no degrees in the ahade ana ~.
nearest Water At to drink was six miles
away. An atternpt was Ynade "a ana
water fnTthe INT tba. s.aIi. &a..a
Yielded salt water. which wban aysna'
rated III q nan. hall filled tha yeaa., ,.t.,,
salt There was 40 monev n IN co,nnn
and no way Of eayninr nny nnlesS : ,nsy
was Willing Il dia trenches fnr ags,saana.
who paid their faborers HI 4 sdav anA
three bushels 81 corr. M
m addition te ths not days tha rtt,ht.
are made restless by 4 narsistenr hrasa 81
ffeas who bits into tha hone nv IN, = !.
sand and unfit fer arowinU anvthtng MAJ
cactus. There wns talk az irrioaJns brs
d ditch eiphtv.Hye mi1ea ,cna fra,s ~
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